QUOTA OF INDIANA MAKES DONATION TO
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

July 23, 2008

Quota International of Indiana made a financial donation to Grace United Methodist Church of Indiana to provide interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

Service to deaf and hard of hearing individuals and assistance to disadvantaged women and children are the international organization’s key service missions.

For the last two years, the club has sponsored interpreter services at the Indiana County Leader’s Circle program.

Club members recently raised $100 during a Mary Kay makeover event to be split between Quota service projects and the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation. 

In August, members of the club will be volunteers with the Altoona Miracle League, a program to help handicapped children play baseball in a specially designed field. This program is an initiative of Quota International of Altoona. Quotarians from Indiana learned about this volunteer opportunity at the recent Quota District Three conference, hosted in April by Quota of Indiana. District Three includes Indiana, Altoona, Blairsville, Hermitage, Johnstown, New Castle and Shenango Valley clubs.

Club members also heard a report from Quota’s International Convention held in July in San Jose, Calif., from delegate Michelle Fryling.

Quota International Inc. is a 90-year-old international service organization that links members of all ages, occupations and nationalities in a worldwide network of service and friendship. With a motto of "we share," Quotarians are known especially for their service to deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech impaired individuals and disadvantaged women and children.

Quota International of Indiana, with 52 active members, meets monthly at the Indiana Elks for a dinner meeting. Quota of Indiana will celebrate its 54nd anniversary in September.

In June, Quota hosted a mentoring event for teens from Children and Youth Services’ Independent Living and Learning program.

In March, Quota of Indiana raised $10,000 during the St. Patty’s Day golf outing, used to support Downtown Indiana’s Renaissance project and the club’s community initiatives.

In February, the club raised $5,000 during the fifth annual Alice Paul House event Upstairs at the Coney. Over the past five years, Quota and The Coney have together raised more than $23,000 to support initiatives for women and children at the Alice Paul House, including a new playground at the facility.

Other current Club projects include ongoing mentoring events, presentation of a scholarship for a student in speech and hearing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania; financial support of Deaf Awareness Day at the Indiana Mall and purchase of a fourth classroom amplification system.

For more information about Quota of Indiana, persons may contact Meghan Foulk, Quota president, at 724-349-6935.